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1 Kings 6-7
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wolfpurplemoonAnother chapter detailing the measurements for building things, this time King Solomon is building 2 houses, one for God and one for himself. God hasn't made any comments about the fact that his house is smaller than Solomon's.
There's a verse here that The SAB says implies that Pi is 3 because a circular object is 10 cubits in diameter and has a 30 cubit circumference. But they never measure with more accuracy than to a whole cubit so it just looks like a rounding error to me. I can't even work out what this object is, but it's made of metal and has a lot of carving and is huge (10 cubits is over 5 metres), can't imagine how they go about moving it anywhere, especially as Solomon seems to be doing all the building himself (except for the metalwork).
There's a verse here that The SAB says implies that Pi is 3 because a circular object is 10 cubits in diameter and has a 30 cubit circumference. But they never measure with more accuracy than to a whole cubit so it just looks like a rounding error to me. I can't even work out what this object is, but it's made of metal and has a lot of carving and is huge (10 cubits is over 5 metres), can't imagine how they go about moving it anywhere, especially as Solomon seems to be doing all the building himself (except for the metalwork).
